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Top YouTube Picks – September 2018

I’m long overdue for a blog post, so I thought I’d share some of my YouTube favorites from last month (in no particular order):

1) Rich Rebuilds – Rich has made a name for himself by completing the herculean task of cobbling together parts from two different salvaged Teslas (one flooded and one in a serious crash) to produce a fully-working Tesla Model S. The catch is that Tesla does not endorse such homegrown repairs and will not sell parts to Rich or others. Rich has become the de-facto leader of a community of Tesla owners who want to repair their own vehices. Motherboard did an excellent profile of Rich, linked here.

2) An Aerial Viewpoint – I’m not exactly sure how I stumbled across this channel but a YouTuber based in Fremont, Ohio has chronicled the removal of the Ballville Dam. He’s captured daily and weekly updates of the demolition process via drone footage.